News & Notes

10/26/14 - The first batch of dates for the fall/winter schedule have been announced. Check out our calendar for bands, dates and times.

8/17/14 - As many of you found out yesterday at the show, Plant 3 has been sold. After September 13th show we will no longer be holding shows at that venue. It's a bit bittersweet but we are very happy to be going out with our last event on Saturday September 13th being night 3 of the 2nd Annual Lakeshore Independent Music Festival which is our biggest event of the year. SO, if you like what we have going on down at the Blkbx Theater, I urge you to attend our last two (maybe three) shows there. In two weeks we are hosting a Lakeshore Independent Music Festival Fundraiser featuring the wonderful music of The Vegans, Solace, Nettle Hill and Eric Cox (of The Belle Weather). This is going to be a wonderful event and we really hope you can join us to make the last few shows we have there very memorable!

8/14/14 - We are very excited to announce this show. Not only do we have four incredible artists playing on the same night with The Vegans / Solace / Nettle Hill / Eric Cox (of The Belle Weather), this show will also be serving as a fundraising effort for the 2nd Annual Lakeshore Independent Music Festival taking place September 11th-13th. All four performers for this evening were handpicked for this event due to not only their talent but also the amazing amount of support they have shown for the Music Without Boundaries series. This is going to be a great evening of music, we hope you can join us!

7/13/14 - We have made a fairly significant change to the 2nd Annual Lakeshore Independent Music Festival schedule. We have moved the 3rd night of the festival from Blkbx Theater at Plant 3 to Revolutions Bar & Grill. Because of this venue change the age restrictions will now be 21+. Sorry to anyone this might create an inconvenience for, we dealt with this situation carefully and ultimately had to do what is best for the festival & performers. We are also going to be moving the start time from 5:00pm to 6:00pm since we'll have a later curfew. The full schedule & details will be released in the next few days.

6/2/14 - The final act for the Acoustic Fest Pre-Party on Friday July 18th has been confirmed. We are excited to announce that the duo Nettle Hill will be kicking the night off with Pete Honzik and Under the Willow to follow.

5/24/13 - We are very excited to announce that in conjunction with Acoustic Fest, we will be hosting the "Acoustic Fest Pre-Party" on Friday July 18th at Fat Seagull in Manitowoc. This event will featuring performances by Under the Willow, Pete Honzik and one more act to be announced very soon. This FREE show will take place outdoors and start at 5pm. You can view the event page here.

5/11/14 - The TBA show scheduled for May 31st has been moved to Saturday June 14th and will feature 5 metal bands: Micawber, Decrescent, UnKured, Toxic Ruin and Obscure Visions. This show will take place at the Blkbx Theater at Plant 3.

5/2/14 - We have confirmed the third artist for The Vegans show, Busy Living will be playing alongside The Vegans and the Teenagers.

4/29/14 - New Show Added: Solace & Perspective Heights will be playing on Friday June 27th at the Blkbx Theater @ Plant 3. You can view the event page here.

4/27/14 - New Show Added: The Vegans are coming back again!! They will be joined by the Teenagers and one more act TBA soon. This will take place at Blkbx Theater @ Plant 3 on Saturday May 17th. You can view the event page here.

4/27/14 - New Show Added: The Belle Weather & Sweetalk will be playing on Friday June 6th at Blkbx Theater @ Plant 3. You can view the event page here.

4/6/14 - We are extremely happy to announce that the Horseshoes & Hand Grenades duo "A Round of Horseshoes" will be making a trip to Manitowoc to play for us. They will be playing with South Side River Revival and it will take place at West Field Bar on Thursday May 15th. You can view the event page here.

3/30/14 - We are excited to announce one more April showcase. This one will feature Indianapolis based trio Tonos Triad along with our good friends South Side River Revival. This show will take place at Blkbx Theater @ Plant 3 on Sunday April 13 at 1pm. You can view the event page here.

3/17/14 - We are extremely happy to announce the return of folk singer Chicago Farmer to the lakeshore area. His show will take place at Blkbx Theater @ Plant 3 in Manitowoc on Thursday May 8th. Supporting acts will be announced shortly.

3/17/14 - We are pleased to announce our first July showcase. This will take place Saturday July 26th at Blkbx Theater @ Plant 3 in Manitowoc and feature Laura Thurston out of Charleston, S.C. More acts will be added to the bill in the soon.

3/9/14 - We have announced another April showcase. This will take place on Saturday April 5th at Blkbx Theater @ Plant 3. This will feature Sweetalk, Geena & Dadderall. You can view the event page here.

3/6/14 - We ran into a bit of a unexpected scheduling issue with the August 15th/16th weekend. We just found out that Earthfest will be taking place that weekend in Sheboygan and we feel it's in our best interest to move our festival to another weekend. We are looking into a weekend in September, we'll have more information very soon!!

1/30/14 - We have the fantastic folk singer Chicago Farmer coming into town tonight for a show at the Waverly Inn Pub & Pizzeria. Come on down, show your support for the local music scene and have a good time! 9pm start & it's FREE!

12/11/13 - We are pleased to announce the first date of our 2014 schedule has been confirmed. The Vegans / Township / Dadderall will be playing at Blkbx Theater at Plant 3 (formerly Gallery 3) on Thursday January 9th at 7:30pm. More information can be found here.

12/10/2013 - We are pleased to announce the first fully confirmed date of 2014. Chicago Farmer will be making his debut performance in the region and we are very excited to have him play as part of our series. Waverly Inn Pub & Pizzeria will be the place, Thursday January 30th at 9pm will be the date/time. Our good friends South Side River Revival will be providing local support for this one...more information can be found here.

12/9/2013 - We are very excited about our first couple shows of 2014. A few last minute details are being finalized before we get the TWO January showcases announced to all of you...announcement coming tomorrow (Tuesday).

11/13/2013 - We've added a last minute show for Thursday November 21st. This event will take place at Gallery 3 and feature 4 bands...Worrier, Boy Blue, The Alleles and the debut show from Dadderall.

10/25/2013 - The November showcase has been announced...our good friends The Thriftones will be making it back up to Manitowoc to play for the series for the 10th time. They will be joined by a brand new band to us, The New Red Moons out of Milwaukee. The December showcase will be announced soon.

9/21/2013 - The first two dates of our Fall Schedule have been announced. On Friday 9/27 Mike Reeb & South Side River Revival will be playing at Revolutions Bar & Grill and on 10/25 the Independent Chicago Songwriter Tour will be in town, this will also take place at Revolutions. Keep an eye for the November & December show coming soon.

9/10/2013 - Our Fall schedule will be announced within the next few days.

8/16/2013 - After next weekends show we will be taking a HUGE step back in volume of shows this fall. We are looking at scaling back to a 1 show per month average, maybe 2 if we're feeling extra crazy that month. We might look into a different arrangement for shows as well and a few other significant changes on top of that, but all of this will be ironed out in the next few weeks.

We will keep you all posted as details get finalized and we will have out fall lineup announced relatively soon.

If there are any bands that you would like to see on our very slimmed down schedule, speak up now!! We have one show booked and another about 99% of the way there, so space is limited. Email or Facebook message any suggestions/requests.

8/11/2013 - The books are closed on the first Lakeshore Independent Music Festival. I have to say we are pretty happy with the way it all went down. It was a pretty exhausting weekend with 11 hours of music between the two days but what a great time we had!

We have to give as much thanks as possible to Monument Music - Manitowoc!! Aaron, Cory & Ozzy did a wonderful job helping with promoting and taking care of the PA for both nights. Especially to Cory Ripley, he tirelessly worked his ass off catering to the musicians needs and making sure everyone sounded great...and they did! Thanks Cory!!

We need to thank Gallery 3 & Revolutions Bar & Grill for being wonderful hosts. Dana, Deb, Erinn, Anna and Zach, thanks for taking care of us in the basement all night long, we really do appreciate all the hard work!

To all the bands: Cato Falls, snorb!, Solace, GOLD VELVET, South Side River Revival, The Belle Weather & The Thriftones we can't thank you enough for joining us for what hopefully turns out to be the first of many Lakeshore Independent Music Festivals. We hope you all had a blast this weekend!

To everyone that came out: We can't do this without you, so we appreciate every single one of you coming out and listening. Considering all the competition going on in the downtown district, we had a nice turnout last night.

Thank you all again, we had a great time this weekend...we hope you did too!!

8/5/2013 - We have had a lineup change to the 1st night of the Lakeshore Independent Music Festival. Becky Markvart has had to withdraw from her time slot due to a shoulder injury sustained Sunday. We hope for a speedy recovery. We are going to try and secure a replacement for Becky but in the case that we can't, Cato Falls will move up to the 7pm start and Snorb! will move up to a 8:30pm start.

8/3/2013 - We have launched a Facebook page for the Lakeshore Independent Music Festival. Along with this website, our facebook page, the new page will have all the information you'll need for your festival enjoyment. You can check it out here.

7/28/2013 - A few quick notes...

* We have added Becky Markvart to the bill for the 8/23 show featuring John Statz & Yosemite. This show has also been moved to The Remedy Pub & Eatery in Two Rivers. Start time is now 10pm and it's a free show.

* The lineup for the Lakeshore Independent Music Festival have been finalized. You can check those out here

* Cato Falls has been added to the lineup for the 8/2 late show featuring Brett Newski and Nate Gordon.

* We'll be scaling back a bit in the fall but we do have a few dates in the works, you should expect to see a Fall Schedule announcement around Labor Day weekend.

6/21/2013 - A quick update to a few things that have been moved around these past few days...

* Mike Reeb, who played at our Metro Jam Post Show on June 15th posted a nice little blog about our show and his time spent here. You can read that here.

* The July 12th Humans & Machines Project show schedule for 7pm at Gallery 3 has been moved to Revolutions Bar & Grill and will start at 9pm

* The July 20th Acoustic Fest Post Show lineup has been announced. It will be TT & the Night Owls from Madison, WI, Eric Nassau from Columbus, OH and South Side River Revival from Manitowoc, WI

* The August 3rd Nate Gordon show scheduled for Gallery 3 at 7pm has been moved to August 2nd at Revolutions Bar & Grill and will start at 9pm. Brett Newski, who will be playing at Manitowoc Coffee at 7pm on 8/2 has

been added to the late show lineup as well.

* We should be finalizing the Lakeshore Independent Music Festival lineup in a matter of days. Keep an eye out for updates on that very soon!

5/30/2013 - This Saturday's show featuring Small Forest has been cancelled due to illness in the band. We are working to get them rescheduled for a fall date. Sorry for any inconvenience this might cause you!

5/25/2013 - This has been in the works for a while now...so...along with Monument Music, Revolutions Bar & Grill & Gallery 3 we are very pleased to announce the debut of the Lakeshore Independent Music Festival. This will be a two day event with 9 bands and take place at two different venues. The first day will include 3 bands and take place at Gallery 3 on Friday August 9th. The second day will include 6 bands and take place at Revolutions Bar & Grill on Saturday August 10th. The lineups will be announced soon, until then you can check out the event pages below.

5/6/2013 - Solace has been added to the 2013 Summer Schedule. This show will take place at Gallery 3 on Saturday July 27th at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

5/2/2013 - John Statz & Yosemite have been added to the 2013 Summer Schedule. This show will take place at Gallery 3 on Friday August 23rd at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

5/1/2013 - You can see the full story on The Iron Pour Festival of Arts and interviews from Good Day Wisconsin's Emily Deem during her visit to Gallery 3 here.

4/29/2013 - Tomorrow morning April 30th, we will be doing a small segment on Fox 11's Good Day Wisconsin. They will be in town doing a piece on Gallery 3 and the upcoming Iron Pour, we've been given the opportunity to use one of the four live segments on the Music Without Boundaries portion of it. It all starts at 5am!

4/23/2013 - The Humans & Machines Project has been added to the 2013 Summer Schedule. This show will take place at Gallery 3 on Friday July 12th at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

4/14/2013 - The Thriftones have been added to our 2013 Summer Schedule. This show will take place at Waverly Inn Pub & Pizzeria on Saturday June 8th at 9pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

4/14/2013 - The Quiet Time has ben added to the 2012/2013 schedule. This show will take place at Gallery 3 on Friday May 10th at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

4/13/2013 - The Belle Weather has been added to the 2013 Summer Schedule. This event will take place at Gallery 3 on Saturday June 8th at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

4/13/2013 - The Brothers Burn Mountain has been added to the 2013 Summer Schedule. This event will take place at Waverly Inn Pub & Pizzeria in Two Rivers on Friday June 14th at 9pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

4/7/2013 - The venue has been secured for the Acoustic Fest Post Show. It will take place at Revolutions Bar & Grill in Manitowoc on Saturday July 20th. The lineup and set times will be added as details are confirmed.

4/7/2013 - John Lambert has been added to the 2013 Summer Schedule. This event will take place at The Manitowoc Main Street Building 836 S. 8th St in Manitowoc as part of the July First Fridays event on Friday July 5th at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

4/6/2013 - A split-bill of The Vegans & Cato Falls has been added to the 2012/2013 schedule. This show will take place at Gallery 3 on Friday May 17th at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

4/4/2013 - We made the front page of the Weekend section in today's Herald Times Reporter, you can read the full article here. A big Thank You goes out to Ann Pirrung for the article and Matt Apgar for the photos!

4/3/2013 - Brett Newski has been added to the 2013 Summer Schedule. This event will take place at The Manitowoc Main Street Building 836 S. 8th St in Manitowoc as part of the August First Fridays event on Friday August 2nd at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

4/2/2013 - The lineup has been set for the Metro Jam Post Show on Saturday June 15th. This will be taking place at Revolutions Bar & Grill in Manitowoc at 9:30pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

3/28/2013 - Tom Kastle has been added to the 2013 Summer Schedule. This event will take place at Gallery 3 on Friday May 31st at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

3/26/2013 - There has been a few changes made to the May 4th Patchouli event. Patchouli has been added to the schedule of event for Gallery 3's "The Iron Pour Festival of Arts" event taking place that day. The event will kick off at 10am, it will continue throughout the day and will end with Patchouli's headlining performance. You can find all the information about this here.

3/25/2013 - The venue for the April 20th Emily White show has been confirmed. This show will take place at Revolutions Bar & Grill at 9pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

3/19/2013 - We are pleased to announce that Courthouse Pub has jumped on board as a sponsor!

3/14/2013 - We are pleased to announce a new partnership between us and WI Music Buzz. They have the same basic desire as we do, to help the Wisconsin music scene grow! Based out of the Fox Cities area, they will be listing all of our events on their calendar and by doing so, we will reach a whole new audience for our series.

3/13/2013 - The event information for the May 11th Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby show has been updated. You can inform yourself and rsvp here.

3/9/2013 - We've designed a new logo. Not too sure how long it will stick, but as of right now, we like it. Let us know what you think!

3/5/2013 - The venue for the April 20th Emily White show has been changed from Gallery 3 to TBA. More details to come shortly.

3/5/2013 - We have moved the Saturday April 20th Emily White show at Gallery 3 to Friday April 19th. Also, we have added Chicago singer/songwriter Sue Fink to the lineup.

2/25/2013 - We are pleased to announce that The Cawley Company has jumped on board as a sponsor!

2/13/2013 - Patchouli has been added to the 2012/2013 schedule. This performance will take place at Gallery 3 on Saturday May 4th at 7pm. This will coincide with the art opening for Patchouli guitartist Bruce Hecksel. More information on this event will be added in the near future. You can keep up to date with this by checking back here or by viewing the event page and rsvp'ing here.

2/11/2013 - We are going to be hosting a Metro Jam Post Show on Saturday June 15th. This will most likely take place at Revolutions Bar & Grill in Manitowoc and will go from 9pm - 1am. If you are interested in playing this event please email us and we'll get in touch about the details. We are looking to have 3 artists/bands on the bill, we already have one confirmed and would like to add two mostly up-tempo performers to the lineup.

2/7/2013 - John Lambert has been added to the 2012/2013 schedule. This performance will take place at The Manitowoc Main Street building at 836 S. 8th St. on Friday April 5th at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

2/5/2013 - For this Sunday's afternoon show featuring Charlie Cheney, he will be joined onstage by Pauli Ryan (Garbage, Jayhawks) & Greg Roteik (Geri X). This is a lineup you will not want to miss!

2/4/2013 - Nate Gordon has been added to the 2013 summer schedule. This performance will take place at Gallery 3 on Saturday August 3rd at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

2/2/2013 - Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby have been added to the 2012/2013 schedule. This performance will take place at Gallery 3 on Saturday May 11th at 7pm. This will be a special ticketed event, more details will be announced shortly. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

2/2/2013 - Small Forest has been re-scheduled from Saturday May 11th to Saturday June 1st. This will still take place at Gallery 3 and start at 7pm.

1/29/2013 - Sheboygan Light Rail has been added to the 2012/2013 schedule. This performance will take place a The Manitowoc Main Street building at 836 S. 8th St. on Friday March 1st at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

1/28/2013 - Emily White has been added to the 2012/2013 schedule. This performance will take place at Gallery 3 on Saturday April 20th at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

1/25/2013 - JoAnn Riedl has been added to the 2013 summer schedule. This performance will take place a The Manitowoc Main Street building at 836 S. 8th St. on Friday June 7th at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

1/25/2013 - The Belle Weather have been added to the 2012/2013 schedule. This performance will take place a The Manitowoc Main Street building at 836 S. 8th St. on Friday March 1st at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

1/24/2013 - We are pleased to announce that Music Without Boundaries will be providing the live entertainment for the "First Fridays" events that will be taking place at the Main Street Shops (corner of 8th & Franklin in Manitowoc). The first "First Friday" is slated to take place on Friday March 1st. The artist will be announced soon! The idea of "First Fridays" is to attract people to spend time downtown by staying open past the normal business hours, offering specials each Friday and try and build a more interactive community downtown. It is starting off with the four businesses located in the Main Street Shops building including Manitowoc Coffee, Treasures, Favorites Things, and the newest addition Art & Soul which will house roughly 30 artisan vendors. They are hoping to draw attention to our downtown district and that more business will join in. We are excited to be a part of this and hope that you will join in on the fun!

1/22/2013 - Matthew Davies has been added to the 2012/2013 schedule. This performance will take place at Gallery 3 on Sunday March 3rd at 1pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

1/22/2013 - The Thriftones have been added to the 2012/2013 schedule. This performance will take place at Waverly Inn Pub & Pizzeria on Saturday March 2nd at 9pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

1/22/2013 - Bethany Lindemann has been added the bill as support for the Quiet Hollers on April 27th.

1/20/2013 - Rob Reid & Pedro Meadows have been added to the 2012/2013 schedule. This performance will take place at Gallery 3 on Saturday March 30th at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

1/19/2013 - Small Forest has been added to the 2012/2013 schedule. This performance will take place at Gallery 3 on Saturday May 11th at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

1/17/2013 - John Lambert & Darrian Kaye have been added to the 2012/2013 schedule. This performance will take place at Gallery 3 on Saturday April 6th at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

1/14/2013 - South Side River Revival has been added to the 2012/2013 schedule. This performance will take place at Gallery 3 on Saturday February 23rd at 7pm. You can view the event page and rsvp here.

1/13/2013 -Next up on our schedule is this Friday (1/18) with our good friend and MwoB favorite Chris Darby. He will be joined by Justin Birchard of Facing Winter, who will be providing an opening set. You can find more info on the show, here. Followed by that, Saturday (1/19) Snorb! will be improvisational style to the gallery for the evening. You can find more info on this show, here. These shows will take place at Gallery 3, 2402 Franklin St. Manitowoc, WI. Doors open at 6pm, music starts around 7pm.

01/09/2013 - We have some music news for this coming weekend. First off, for all of you down in the Milwaukee area, this Friday 1/11 our good friend Matthew Davies will be hosting a album release party for his 3rd solo release title "Wish Peak". He will be joined by Chicago songwriters Heather Styka & Ty Maxon. This is taking place at Linneman's (1001 E. Locust St.) in Milwaukee, it starts at 8pm. The next bit of info concerns our schedule, on Saturday 1/12 Chicago songwriters Heather Styka & Ty Maxon will be making their way up from Milwaukee for a performance at Gallery 3 (2402 Franklin St. Manitowoc). Alaskan born, Tennessee based Steve Bacon will be joining the lineup for this performance. Doors opne at 6pm, music will start at 7pm. You can find all the info you might need by check out the event page . The last chunk of information is gives you two musical options for your Sunday. The first is, Heather Styka, Ty Maxon and Steve Bacon will be heading south to play at Paradigm Coffee & Music in Sheboygan. This is a wondeful place to see a show, so if you enjoyed Satuday nights performance as much as we hope you will, take the opportunity to see them again and support our friends at Paradigm! Show time is 8pm for this one. The second option is, Cato Falls will be making the trip down to the Miramar Theatre in Milwaukee for a big night of music for them. If you are interested in going to this, show time is 8pm and you can buy tickets via this link. We hope you can make some time to see our show on Saturday and hopefully one of the others listed as well.

01/09/2013 - We are pleased to announce we have added the very talented local Manitowoc artist Cheyenne Smith to our small but slowly growing MwoB family. Cheyenne will be creating our 2013 event posters, her first design will be for the January 18th event featuring Chris Darby. We are really looking forward to working with her throughout the year.

01/05/2013 - Justin Birchard of Facing Winter has been added to the January 18th show. He will be doing an opening set for Chris Darby.

01/02/2013 - The event: Quiet Hollers at Gallery 3 on April 27th have been added to our schedule, check out the FB event page & RSVP here.

01/01/2013 - With the new year upon us, we are looking forward to what hopes to be a very successful 2013 portion of our schedule. We have some of our favorites returning and we are excited for all the new talent that is coming into town this year! With our dedication to bringing orginal music to the area, along with your attendance and spreading the word, we can make this a great year. Let's hope for the best folks! We are actively looking for SPONSORS so we can keep these events at a minimal cost to the public, so if you know of or are a business owner in town and would like to support our series, please contact Kevin Harris at MwoB or Heather Bonde at Gallery 3.

01/01/2013 - Happy New Years folks! We hope that 2013 brings you happiness in all that you do....and of course plenty of live music!!

12/30/2012 - We have our first show of 2013 coming up in just under two weeks on January 12th with a trio of great songwriters. We are also still very interested in hearing suggestions of who you would like to see on the 2013 MwoB schedule. Email us with any input you might have. Thank you and we hope to see you all on Saturday 1/12!

12/25/2012 - Merry Christmas to all, we hope you have an enjoyable & safe holiday season!

12/17/2012 - As Music Without Boundaries is taking some time off for the holidays, this is our chance to help support & promote other live music in the area. And if the world is going to come to an end, you might at well go out listening to some live music. Revolutions Bar & Grill is the place to be on Friday December 21st. 3 great bands and it all starts at 8pm. Come out and support live music!!

12/14/2012 - The 1st Annual MwoB/Gallery 3 Holiday Party is TONIGHT!! The festivities start at 5pm and will last until there is nobody left. Click the link for more details, we hope you all can join us! Please feel free to invite friends and family to this event, all are welcome.RSVP here.

12/09/2012 - As our concert schedule has official ended for the year, we do have one more evening planned for 2012. This coming Friday (12/14), Gallery 3 & MwoB are inviting you and yours to the 1st Annual Holiday Party. We would love to see all of you attend. This event is open to the public so bring a dish/bowl/plate/cup/bottle of something to share, grab a few friends to come with and check out what Gallery 3 and Music Without Boundaries series are all about. RSVP here.